Masks and respirators for prevention of respiratory infections: a state of the science review

T Greenhalgh, CR MacIntyre, MG Baker… - Clinical microbiology …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
This narrative review and meta-analysis summarizes a broad evidence base on the benefits—
and also the practicalities, disbenefits, harms and personal, sociocultural and environmental …

Public transport planning adaption under the COVID-19 pandemic crisis: literature review of research needs and directions

K Gkiotsalitis, O Cats - Transport Reviews, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The COVID-19 pandemic crisis has greatly impacted public transport ridership and service
provision across the world. As many countries start to navigate their return to normality, new …

Particle sizes of infectious aerosols: implications for infection control

KP Fennelly - The lancet respiratory medicine, 2020 - thelancet.com
The global pandemic of COVID-19 has been associated with infections and deaths among
health-care workers. This Viewpoint of infectious aerosols is intended to inform appropriate …

[HTML][HTML] Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta …

DK Chu, EA Akl, S Duda, K Solo, S Yaacoub… - The lancet, 2020 - thelancet.com
Background Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) causes
COVID-19 and is spread person-to-person through close contact. We aimed to investigate …

Two metres or one: what is the evidence for physical distancing in covid-19?

NR Jones, ZU Qureshi, RJ Temple, JPJ Larwood… - bmj, 2020 - bmj.com
Two metres or one: what is the evidence for physical distancing in covid-19? | The BMJ Skip to
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[HTML][HTML] A rapid systematic review of the efficacy of face masks and respirators against coronaviruses and other respiratory transmissible viruses for the community …

CR MacIntyre, AA Chughtai - International journal of nursing studies, 2020 - Elsevier
Background The pandemic of COVID-19 is growing, and a shortage of masks and
respirators has been reported globally. Policies of health organizations for healthcare …

Spreading of COVID-19: Density matters

DWS Wong, Y Li - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Physical distancing has been argued as one of the effective means to combat the spread of
COVID-19 before a vaccine or therapeutic drug becomes available. How far people can be …

[HTML][HTML] Visualizing the effectiveness of face masks in obstructing respiratory jets

S Verma, M Dhanak, J Frankenfield - Physics of Fluids, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
The use of face masks in public settings has been widely recommended by public health
officials during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The masks help mitigate the risk of cross …

The fluid dynamics of disease transmission

L Bourouiba - Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
For an infectious disease such as the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to spread,
contact needs to be established between an infected host and a susceptible one. In a range …

Risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by aerosols, the rational use of masks, and protection of healthcare workers from COVID-19

R Sommerstein, CA Fux, D Vuichard-Gysin… - … Resistance & Infection …, 2020 - Springer
Objectives To determine the risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission by aerosols, to provide
evidence on the rational use of masks, and to discuss additional measures important for the …